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Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ((DailyNews)) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system...
Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time
MONTGOMERY, Ala. ((DailyNews)) — Alabama’s string of troubled lethal injections, which worsened late Thursday as prison workers aborted another execution because of a problem...
Alabama calls off execution after difficulties inserting IV
This undated photo provided by Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a...
Parkland shooter trial: Live updates on jury recommendation
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ((DailyNews)) — A divided jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz the death penalty Thursday for killing 17 people at a...
Judge: State must preserve evidence from halted execution
ATMORE, Ala. ((DailyNews)) — A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama to preserve records and medical supplies associated with a lethal injection attempt after...
Oklahoma executes James Coddington for 1997 hammer killing
McALESTER, Okla. ((DailyNews)) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board that...
Oklahoma governor rejects clemency for death row inmate
OKLAHOMA CITY ((DailyNews)) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday rejected clemency for a man facing execution this week for the 1997 hammer killing...
Texas executes man for slaying of Dallas real estate agent
HUNTSVILLE, Texas ((DailyNews)) — Texas on Wednesday put to death a man who fatally stabbed a suburban Dallas real estate agent more than 16...
Federal judge OKs Oklahoma’s lethal injection method
OKLAHOMA CITY ((DailyNews)) — A federal judge in Oklahoma on Monday ruled the state’s three-drug lethal injection method is constitutional, paving the way for...
Officials: Georgia execution won’t be carried out Tuesday
JACKSON, Ga. ((DailyNews)) — A Georgia man who killed an 8-year-old girl and raped her 10-year-old friend 46 years ago will not be executed...